Press Releases

“The 439 schools that haven’t bothered to report their attendance data to the Ministry of Education should lose their funding until they do”, says ACT Education Spokesperson Chris Baillie.

ACT would repeal the fertiliser tax Labour and the Greens are said to be considering for farmers, say ACT MP Mark Cameron and ACT candidate Andrew Hoggard.

Scientist, businesswoman and former MP Parmjeet Parmar will stand for ACT at the 2023 General Election. “ACT is always on the lookout for great talent to take New Zealand forward, so we’re delighted that Parmjeet is joining us for this election”, says ACT Leader David Seymour.

ACT’s Infrastructure Spokesperson Simon Court is right behind the six Wellington Councillors calling for the scrapping of Let’s Get Wellington Moving (LGWM). “Monthly spending on LGWM shot up from $280k in 2017 to $7.4 million in March 23 – and what is there to show for it?” he said. “One pedestrian crossing.”

While Chris Hipkins wriggled and squirmed and would only call crime a ‘challenge’ this morning on RNZ, his Police Minister Ginny Anderson finally admitted that crime was a problem in Parliament today. “That’s progress”, says ACT’s Police Spokesperson Chris Baillie, “now we need action.”

“After six years of big spending with little to show for it, Labour and the Greens should be called the ‘Coalition of Klutz’”, says ACT Leader David Seymour. “The Government thinks all its spending is useful, but that position is completely indefensible – Labour is out of touch with the majority of Kiwis who know it can cutback wasteful spending.

“The Prime Minister’s refusal to call crime a ‘problem’ on Morning Report shows he spends too long in the back of a Crown limo and not enough time out on the streets”, says ACT Leader David Seymour.

At today’s Environment Select Committee, Labour and Green Party members voted down a proposal from ACT MP Simon Court to include a definition of mātauranga Māori in the Natural and Built Environment Bill (NBE Bill), one of the two Bills which replace the RMA.

“More than half of Kiwis want to pay less tax according to a recent 1News poll, and ACT will give them what they want,” said ACT Leader David Seymour.

“New Zealanders watching for Labour’s vision for a wealthier, safer, more united country this weekend saw a political party enter a contest of ideas completely unarmed,” says ACT Leader David Seymour.

“ACT welcomes National housing spokesperson Chris Bishop getting back on the right side of housing policy. Chris broke ranks from the Labour-National housing deal just six weeks after he said he wouldn’t on the same show, and it’s a welcome reversal,” says ACT Deputy Leader and Housing Spokesperson Brooke van Velden.

“New Zealanders watching for Labour’s vision of a wealthier, safer, more united country will be bitterly disappointed to see its opening gambit this election: a promise to keep everything the same,” says ACT Leader David Seymour.